Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer
Waking Times

The costs of homelessness is rarely discussed. We mostly hear statistics about the number of children living on the streets, the vast number of hungry individuals fed in soup kitchens, and the dangers that homeless families face during severe weather. As communities, we pull together by donating to food banks and participating in homeless outreach programs, even though government regulations are putting limits on where and how we can help the homeless. (see: 90 Year Old Man Arrested for Feeding the Homeless).

We are naturally inclined to want to help people in need, but most of us don’t understand the economics of caring for the homeless.

We find a great many human beings delaying their healing waiting for some kind of closure to come from another. This is such a gamble, Dear Ones! You see, the need for closure indicates that a hurt has occurred from your dealings with the other. If they were not able to keep from hurting you in the first place it is highly unlikely they will have the skill, love, or compassion necessary to create the healing you are looking for. They likely do not have the insight or ability to gift you with the closure you seek.

You are in charge of your healing. Waiting for another to give you what you need to heal is giving your power away. You do not need any external gift from another in order to give yourself permission to heal! Your own self love, your own nurturing of self, your own healthy boundaries, your own desire for wellness and wholeness, is all that is ever required to create the perfect conditions for your healing.

Be not afraid to speak of your wrongs and rights, your weaknesses and strengths. This is what makes you human and blessed to The Universe. ~ Creator

Amateo Ra, Spirit, Science and Metaphysics
Waking Times

Every once in a while you have a realization or an “ah ha” moment so grand, it completely shakes your entire perspective of reality to the core. You look around and don’t see things the same way again. This blog is dedicated to these spiritual ideas or realizations, many of which are now backed by science, that will turn the way you see things inside out…

We all have a lense through which we see the world. As humans the lense we use to interpret and apply ourselves in reality is made up of beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and some might even say, your soul’s essence and the presence of Spirit.

While sometimes it’s hard to see beyond our current range of focus, when we do, often we can gain a glimpse, an understanding and deep sense of self that lands within us. Once it does, it never leaves. It changes us, it shapes us into who we are. It transforms us from the core, from the inside out.

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Liquid Democracy is one of the boldest contemporary innovations in democratic decision-making. The idea uses web technology that allows users to interact in new ways. Its primary innovators are located in Berlin, and Germany has been the first to adopt and apply Liquid Democracy systems in the context of political parties, parliamentary processes, and some organizations.

Liquid Democracy has a number of key features. In the Liquid Democracy system, a party member can assign a proxy vote to any other member, thereby assigning a personal delegate, instead of voting for a representative. A member can give their vote to another member for all issues, for a particular policy area, or for a particular decision only for any length of time...

Up to 105,000 gallons of oil obtained via offshore drilling have spilled from a pipeline owned by Plains All American at Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County in California. At least 21,000 gallons have poured into the Pacific Ocean and the spill’s impacts stretch nine miles, according to the Associated Press.

As a result, California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara County, which he said in a press statement “cuts red tape and helps the state quickly mobilize all available resources.”